Business & GA

Rosen, Elliot Partner on IFE System

Rosen Aviation, Eugene, Ore., is partnering with Elliott Aviation to provide a noise-canceling system combined with an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for King Air 200, 300 and 350 series aircraft. Elliott Aviation’s…

Commercial

Era’s MSS System Deployed in California

A noise monitoring and flight tracking system manufactured by Era, Reston, Va., is now operational at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport in Southern California, the company said. Era deployed its AirScene.com Noise…

Commercial

EFB STC

Chicago-based NavAero’s tBagTMC22 Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) received Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from the FAA on A300 and A310 aircraft series. NavAero said this STC, which covers the A300-600 and…

Commercial

JetBlue to Launch In-Flight E-Mail Service

Low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways is expanding its in-flight entertainment options this month, adding e-mail and instant message capabilities to its fleet. JetBlue, and its partners Yahoo!, Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM)…

Military

CAE Inks Simulator Contracts

Canadian simulator company CAE signed two contracts with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense with a combined value of $59.4 million to design two full-mission simulators (FMS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force…

Military

BAE Tests Landing System

BAE Systems completed the first test of an autonomous landing system intended for large mobility and transport aircraft. BAE said the Dec. 6 demonstration of the Autonomous Approach and Landing Capability (AALC)…

Military

Air Force, Rockwell Collins Exercise Option

The U.S. Air Force exercised a $50.7 million contract option with Rockwell Collins to complete the next phase of the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, which consists of receiver card development for…

ATM Modernization

Harris Completes Weather System Transition

Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., completed the transition of FAA’s weather radar data in the continental United States to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network, which the company said enables air traffic controllers…